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Brother deny the claims: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/brother-denies-using-firmware-updates-to-brick-printers-with-third-party-ink/ via https://startrek.website/comment/15279250
minus-squaresnek_boi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-25 days agoThis. My partner’s office is stuck with “it has to be inkjet and not toner", and on January their printer got clogged…
minus-squareLedericas@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoink jet ones are so messy, and it waste a ton of ink.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 days agoInkjet is great, for photo printing regularly. For absolutely every other situation a laser printer is better.
This. My partner’s office is stuck with “it has to be inkjet and not toner", and on January their printer got clogged…
ink jet ones are so messy, and it waste a ton of ink.
Inkjet is great, for photo printing regularly. For absolutely every other situation a laser printer is better.